leaving many to resort to illegal border crossing.
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Top 5 Facts about Immigration
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Most illegal immigrants in the U.S. are not due to crossing the U.S.-Mexico border
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Nearly half of all undocumented immigrants in the United States entered the country on a valid visa and then stayed after their visas expired. Those who do cross the border are not always Mexican either.
Illegal immigrants pay billions of dollars of taxes in the U.S. each year
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Undocumented immigrants pay sales taxes, just like every other consumer in the United States. Undocumented immigrants also pay property taxes - even if they rent housing.
Immigrants will also help replenish the U.S. labor force as millions of Baby Boomers retire. As that generation retires, a smaller work force will be supporting a growing number of retirees through Social Security and Medicare; immigrants will help replenish that smaller work force and, therefore, the tax base.
